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Xbox and PlayStation Celebrate Record Breaking Wins – Ep. 232 Apr 30, 2021

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This week Riana Manuel joins Britt, Steimer and Andrea to chat about PlayStation and Xbox CRUSHING it (meanwhile you can buy a golden Wii for $300,000), Ri gushes about Apex Legend’s Arena Mode, Britt gives a few updates on Resident Evil Village and the ladies scratch their heads at the thought of an “esports certification exam.” Hands-on includes Ri’s time with Apex Legends, Steimer’s latest adventures in Animal Crossing and their thoughts on the new Mortal Kombat film. The third segment is about how Cyberpunk 2077 has impacted the way we look at pre-release cycles.

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

4:00 Sony reports PlayStation’s “best year ever”

11:20 Xbox has its best third quarter ever

16:40 You can buy a golden Wii for $300k!

24:30 Apex Legends Legacy update

34:35 E3 2021 has hosts!

36:30 You can now spend $400 to get an esports certification exam

52:45 Resident Evil Village demo/RE:Verse update

Segment Two: Hands-on

55:10 Animal Crossing

1:07:20 Apex Legends

1:19:50 Mortal Kombat film

Segment Three: Patreon Produced Segment

1:30:45 What are things we can do to help change the narrative when it comes to women in esports and development? - Cristina Azevedo

1:41:10How much, if at all, has Cyberpunk 2077 impacted the way you all look at the pre-release cycle for big budget games? -Josh Gamez

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Resident Evil Village First Demo Impressions - Ep. 231 Apr 23, 2021

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This week the crew is chatting about the winners of the DICE Awards 2021, Resident Evil Village's first demo and another look at Resident Evil 4 VR, PlayStation is teaming up with Firewalk for a new AAA multiplayer game, and we've got our first hint at what's next for the Battlefield franchise. In hands-on, Britt spent some time with her husbandos of Judgement Remastered, Andrea & Steimer have been playing more Outriders, Britt got her zombie on with Stubbs the Zombie Remastered and the Resident Evil Village demo, and Steimer is super into the new season of The Circle.

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

5:00 DICE Awards recap and winners

13:00 Britt’s Resident Evil Corner

25:40 PlayStation is teaming up with Firewalk Studios

31:30 PlayStation keeping PS3 and Vita digital stores up

40:50 More info on this year’s Battlefield

46:50 CDPR revealed that it processed 30,000 refund requests for Cyberpunk 2077

51:20 A hacker named Bowser is being sued by Nintendo

Segment Two: Hands-on

58:00 Judgment Remastered

1:03:30 Outriders

1:11:25 Resident Evil Village Demo

1:17:35 Stubbs the Zombie

1:21:30 The Circle

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Resident Evil New Trailer & Demo Info - Ep. 230 Apr 16, 2021

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This week the crew is back together to recap the new Resident Evil Showcase including the new trailer, demo info, first look at the Netflix series Infinite Darkness and Resident Evil 4 returns in VR on Oculus Quest 2. They chat about the Nintendo Indie World event and the updates for PS5. In hands-on they delve deeper into their time with Outriders while Steimer and Andrea chat about why they are leaving Animal Crossing New Horizons behind...j/k ANDREA WILL NEVER LEAVE.

*Promotional copies of Outriders provided by Square Enix

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

4:50 Resident Evil Showcase recap

29:00 Nintendo Indie Showcase recap

39:30 Days Gone 2 rumors

43:40 The Last of Us is getting remade?

47:50 PS5 system update finally adds extended storage

52:00 Nintendo Switch Lite coming in BLUE

Segment Two: Hands-on

1:00:30 Outriders

1:10:50 Animal Crossing

1:19:40 Riverdale

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Outriders Hands-On Impressions w/ Riana Manuel - Ep. 229 Apr 09, 2021

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Andrea and Steimer are joined by Riana Manuel to chat about E3 2021's digital event, Pac-Man 99, new Mass Effect Legendary Edition details, MLB The Show coming to Xbox Game Pass and more! In hands-on they chat about their time playing People Can Fly's new co-op sci-fi shooter Outriders.

Thank you to this month's Patreon Producers:

Chewy’s Godson

Alex Rigopulos

Faris Attieh

Justin Foshee

Marcus Ian Brown

DaNanoBiologist

Mohammed Mohammed

Punkdefied

Timestamps:

1:00 - Welcome Riana Manuel

5:18 - E3 2021 free digital event confirmed

13:28 - EA patents adaptive difficult system

21:00 - Pac-Man 99 Battle Royale coming to Nintendo Switch

26:40 - Mass Effect Legendary Edition new details revealed

32:35 - Valkyrae Announced Co-Ownership Role in 100 Thieves

37:10 - MLB The Show 21 coming to Xbox Game Pass

41:49 - PlayStation announces PS5 exclusive "Abandoned"

47:40 - BREAK

47:45 - Announcements: Four year anniversary stream on Monday April 12th!

49:40 - Segment 2 Begins

50:15 - Outriders hands-on discussion

1:16:05 - Andrea updates her thoughts on Cozy Grove

1:25:10 - Riana is revisiting Star Dew Valley

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PlayStation Shuts Down PS3, Vita Store - Ep. 228 Apr 02, 2021

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This week Andrea returns to join Britt and Steimer to chat about the PlayStation store rumor that came true as Sony shut downs the storefront for PS3, Vita, and PSP permanently. They also chat about PAX East being canceled, Xbox's backwards compatibility xCloud program, and the fancy new Bang & Olufsen headphones. In hands-on Andrea and Britt are hanging out in Cozy Grove on their spooky islands and Steimer revisited Marvel's Avengers to checkout the new Hawkeye DLC. Lastly, in the Patreon produced segment they discuss women's representation in video games, how far it has come and where it still needs to go.

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

6:50 PlayStation Store for PS3, Vita, PSP will be closed this summer

15:20 PAX East has been canceled

25:22 Xbox expands backwards compatibility

31:00 There’s a VERY expensive Xbox Series headset now available

Segment Two: Hands-on

43:00 Cozy Grove

51:50 Marvel’s Avengers

58:40 Animal Crossing

Segment Three: Patreon Produced Segment

1:04:10 Welcome back! “When it comes to women's representation in video games, how have things improved and what still needs work?” - Caitlin

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MORE Nintendo Switch “Pro” Rumors! – Episode 227 Mar 26, 2021

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This week Britt and Steimer chit-chat about certain PlayStation storefronts potentially disappearing, the rumor of Microsoft buying Discord, speculate about the “new” Nintendo Switch and just WHAT Nintendo has up their sleeve and more! Britt has been digging her time in It Takes Two and Steimer is having a literal blast in Outriders!

It Takes Two review code provided by EA.

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

4:45 Report: PlayStation storefronts shutting down

11:20 Microsoft might be buying Discord?

17:35 Nintendo Switch “Pro” updates/rumors

25:10 Nintendo and Niantic announce new partnership

29:50 Resident Evil is having another showcase!

35:40 The Last of Us HBO details

42:28 Gotham Knights has been delayed

43:00 Mario dies on March 31st

45:20 Xbox Live is rebranding

Segment Two: Hands-on

50:00 Outriders

57:45 It Takes Two

1:04:47 Words of Radiance

1:09:10 Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

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PlayStation “VR2” Controllers Revealed: HAND THONGS?! – Episode 226 Mar 19, 2021

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This week The Steimbachers are back again to talk ALL things Life is Strange: True Colors, the Square Enix digital showcase, those PlayStation VR controllers plus MORE moves being made by PlayStation, the latest and greatest with Xbox Game Pass, that Dying Light 2 update and more!

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

4:30 Life is Strange: True Colors announced

21:20 Forspoken, Avengers, and the rest of the Square Enix showcase recap

Segment Two: News cont.

42:00 PlayStation VR2 controllers revealed

48:55 PlayStation bought EVO?

53:40 Jade Raymond is making a game for PlayStation

58:03 Sony’s Indie Event

58:44 Xbox Game Pass is CRUSHING IT

1:03:50 Dying Light 2 gets an update

1:10:36 ICYMI: Xbox Indie Showcase, Gamescom 2021, Super Nintendo World

Segment Three: Hands-on

1:15:54 We Were Here

19:32 Bravely Default 2

1:23:20 Loop Hero

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Microsoft Sheds Light on Bethesda Exclusivity - Ep. 225 Mar 12, 2021

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This week The Steimbachers are back to talk about the latest information on Xbox/Bethesda exclusivity, what Square Enix could be plotting for next week's digital showcase, their updated thoughts on Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town and more!

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: ·

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

3:32 Xbox adds Bethesda games to Game Pass

12:57 Xbox confirms summer event

24:10 Square Enix is having a showcase next week!

28:00 Life is Strange predictions

49:40 Don’t fall for this RE8 scam!

50:55 The cancelled Paragon is getting a second life – kind of

Segment Two: Hands-On

53:50 Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

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Pokémon Legends Arceus & New Switch Model?! - Ep. 224 Mar 05, 2021

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This week we're joined by Christian Spicer, host of the DLC podcast, the Official The Last of Us podcast, and creator of CONSEQUENCES comic book. We chat about the massive dump of Pokemon news, the new Nintendo Switch hardware reports, PSVR games, and more. In hands-on Britt and Steimer have been playing Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, Christian checked out the Outriders demo, Britt played It Takes Two, and Andrea reports in on the newly revealed Aliens: Fireteam. In our feature segment we chat with Christian about launching his Kickstarter for his comic book, what it was like working on The Last of Us podcast, and more.

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

6:30 Pokémon Presents recap

27:40 New Nintendo Switch model?

37:40 PSVR had a bunch of new announcements

42:30 Epic acquires Tonic Games Group

48:40 Elden Ring footage is leaking

Segment Two: News & Hands-On

59:20 Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

1:16:30 Outriders

1:30:50 It Takes Two

1:41:05 Aliens: Fireteam

Segment Three: Let’s talk to Christian!

1:57:56 Welcome back!

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Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade Announced - Ep. 223 Feb 26, 2021

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Sony had a new State of Play where they debuted a first look at a new episode for Final Fantasy VII Remake along with graphics upgrades for the PS5 version coming this year! We recapped the rest of the announcements and dove into the shuttering of Anthem at Bioware but the good news that they can make Dragon Age a single-player game. In hands-on Britt went retro with Ghosts and Goblins Resurrected, Andrea tried the Outriders demo and Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Zombies. Lastly, they chat about which RPG elements they would like to see permanently kicked to the curb in this month's Patreon produced segment.

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